The falling off of the supply of coal was a concern in and around Manchester.
Quantities had been declining since Xmas as large numbers of miners from the Lancashire coal fields had gone into the army, coupled with the fact that trains usually used for the movement of coal had been requisitioned by the government for troop and essential supplies.
A representative of one of Manchester’s coal merchants described the situation as becoming near to panicky.
A lorry that had been loaded with cotton pieces was recovered from the embankment of the Bridgewater canal off Patricroft bridge after it had skidded off the road. The driver was uninjured.
The inquest was held on the case of an 88 year old man who had died from burns after a fire in his bedroom on Droylsden Road.
His dressing gown had caught fire as he was putting live coal back into the grate.
The draw was made for the 3rd round of the FA Cup with Manchester cIty drawn at home to Chelsea whilst there was anxiety in the local cricket leagues with the announcement that there would be no county cricket competition that summer.
Local clubs were uncertain that they would be able to put teams out with so many of their players now in the armed forces.
At Moston Cemetery, the funeral took place of Thomas Rourke, a sailor on HMS Tiger.Crowds lined the streets to see the procession of his coffin drawn on an open hearse wrapped in the Union Jack from his home on Store St to the cemetery.
It was announced that there would be a conference of military and civic authorities in Chester to discuss protecting the area from German Zepplin raids.
‘Those best qualified to speak’ wrote the Evening News, ‘are satisfied that there is no reason why Manchester people should not sleep soundly every night.’
The death was announced of a former Alderman of Manchester, John Royle. He ran the business of J Royke and Co wholesale boot and shoe manufacturers in Dantzic street, had been a founder of Manchesters anti gambling league and was chairman of the board of management of Henshaws asylum for the blind.
With little information coming from the Western front, attention had turned to the East with battles in Russian Poland, a fierce German offensive on the Lower Vistula had been repulsed by the Russians.
Two people in Saddleworth were charged under the defense of the realm act with sending up a balloon.
Had the balloon gone up in the air, said the arresting officer, it would have been seen by the surrounding towns and would have caused a great commotion perhaps all over England.
The two had come out of the house with a toy balloon with a light inside, it was released but flew into a wall and was destroyed.
They were both remanded in custody.
